Grade 8 sketch list

7 sketches worth 3% each. 2 must be from Section I (Art History)

Each sketch should have:

Shading
Texture and the other elements of Art (see poster on classroom wall)
Fill the page

Due Dates:
Dec 2

Section I: Art History

– Create at least 2 images that relate to the following Artists or Art Movements. Create your own in their style.



Ex. Movement (Famous Artist – Famous Painting, Year painting was made)


Renaissance

approx. 1300-1600(Leonardo daVinci – Mona Lisa,
1503-06)

Impressionism

1860-1930+ (Claude Monet – Water Lilies, 1920)

Post Impressionism

1886-1914 (Vincent VanGogh – Starry Night, 1889)

Expressionsim

1890-1960+ (Edvard Munch – The Scream, 1893)

Pointilism

1880’s-90’s(Georges Seurat –A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 1884-86)

(Neo)Realism

(Andrew Wyeth – Christina’s World, 1942)

Non Objective Art – Abstract

(Wasilly Kandinsky – Composition VII , 1913)

Surrealism,

1920+ (Rene Magritte –
The Return, 1940
)




M.C. Escher b.1898 - d.1972, famous printmaker known for his impossible illusions.
Relativity, 1953
http://www.andrewlipson.com/escher/relativity.html

Section II: Themes

Ocean
Time
Space
Personality
Science
Politics
The Maritimes
Forest
Pressure
Recreation
The Globe
Discovery
Identity
Desert
Jobs
Beauty
The Weather
Animals
Country
City
Emotion
Life
Plants
Food
Primitive
Hardship
Poverty
Freedom

Section III: The Art Synector

– Synectics is the Art of jump starting creativity by creating combinations of different ideas, materials into a single Art object.

Spin an object such as a pencil or paper clip inside the circle 2 to 3 times to choose numbered words at the bottom of the page to create a sketch inspired by the two or three elements into a single image.